Publications

An Emerging Framework for the Probabilistic Cost- Benefit Analysis of the Reliability, Resiliency, and Adaptability of Electric Power Systems

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet

Probabilistic cost-benefit analyses of the reliability, resiliency, and adaptability of electric power systems can inform policymakers on how to efficiently reduce the frequency, magnitude, duration, and costs of power outages; how to cost-effectively improve the integration of variable and intermittent…

Felder, Frank

Marie Petitet

How Can Bilateral Contracts Support Electricity Trade? A Regional Electricity Model Perspective for the GCC Plus Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq

Marie Petitet, Benjamin Ricaud, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa

Cross-border electricity trading in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) can provide cost and environmental benefits. However, for historical reasons, electricity trading has not reached a mature stage in this region. Based on a bespoke economic dispatch model for…

Marie Petitet

Benjamin Ricaud

Felder, Frank

Elshurafa, Amro

Energizing the Future: A Holistic Approach to Global Sustainability

T20

The global shift to sustainable energy demands a comprehensive policy approach for an equitable transition, ensuring energy security and addressing rising energy needs. The G7’s urgency to phase out unabated coal-based power plants globally requires crucial financing of their retirement…

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Emre Hatipoglu, Marie Petitet

Revitalizing Relationships for the Clean Energy Souk

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet

The GCC countries have been trading for millennia, and energy transition offers new opportunities to revitalize existing trade relationships and form new partnerships driving growth through innovation. Read More Here

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Elshurafa, Amro

Marie Petitet

Long-term Issues with the Energy-Only Market Design in the Context of Deep Decarbonization

Science Direct

Marie Petitet

Finding Opportunity in Economic Dispatch: Saving Fuels Without Impacting Retail Electricity Prices

Marie Petitet, Frank Felder, Amro Elshurafa

For important domestic public policy reasons, many oil- and natural-gas-producing countries allocate fuels to their electricity sector at administratively set prices that are below fuel opportunity costs. This article shows that dispatching power units based on fuel opportunity costs can…

Marie Petitet

Felder, Frank

Elshurafa, Amro

Assessing the Impact of Electric Vehicle Penetration on Electricity Demand in Riyadh

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Marie Petitet, Rubal Dua

This paper aims to assess and estimate the impact of electric vehicle (EV) penetration on annual electricity demand, specifically in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. Such an assessment can yield significant insights for stakeholders, including policymakers, energy planners,…

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Marie Petitet

Dua, Rubal

A Meta-Analysis of the Long-Term Oil Demand Emerging from the Power Sector

Marie Petitet, Raed Al-Mestneer

Oil is a versatile source of energy that is used in various sectors, including the power sector. The power sector is transitioning toward low-carbon generation sources. During this transition, it is important to understand the role of oil-based power generation.…

Marie Petitet

Al-Mestneer, Raed

How Can the European Energy Crisis Reshape the Power Sector Reform Endeavors of GCC Countries?

Marie Petitet, Amro Elshurafa, Frank Felder

Energy prices in Europe have been soaring, and policymakers are trying to find solutions to immediately contain the energy prices for end-consumers and to enhance the market design in the longer term. This paper discusses some of the current events…

Marie Petitet

Elshurafa, Amro

Felder, Frank

Modeling of the Interconnected Middle East and North Africa Electricity System: Including Uncertainties to Better Inform Policymakers

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet, Shahid Hasan, Amro Elshurafa

The modeling of power systems can bring about insightful quantitative results to inform policymakers. This commentary reviews the literature on modeling the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s electricity interconnections and trade in the context of expanding variable and…

Felder, Frank

Marie Petitet

Hasan, Shahid

Elshurafa, Amro

Making Electricity Capacity Markets Resilient to Extreme Weather Events

IAEE

Marie Petitet, Frank Felder

One Year After the Texas Blackout: Lessons for Reliable and Resilient Power Systems

Marie Petitet, Khalid Alhadhrami, Frank Felder

In February 2021, Texas experienced an extreme cold snap causing a dramatic electricity blackout that left millions of households without electricity, resulting in over two hundred fatalities and economic damages of approximately $100 billion. The Texas blackout has been used…

Marie Petitet

Alhadhrami, Khalid

Felder, Frank

How Firm Capacity and Forced Outage Rate Assumptions of Renewables Impact Capacity Expansion Model Results

Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet, Frank Felder

We assess how varying the firm capacity (FC) and forced outage rate (FOR) assumptions of renewable energy (RE) resources impact capacity expansion models (CEM). Eight scenarios that vary the FC and FOR, RE share targets, and annual RE uptake were…

Elshurafa, Amro

Marie Petitet

Felder, Frank

How Firm Capacity and Forced Outage Rate Assumptions of Renewables Impact Capacity Expansion Model Results

Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet, Frank Felder

The undergoing energy transition relies heavily on the deployment of renewables such as solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power for the generation of electricity. These variable and intermittent resources would modify power systems’ reliability compared to the situation where electricity…

Elshurafa, Amro

Marie Petitet

Felder, Frank

Lessons From the European Electricity Crisis

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet

On January 23, 2023, the European Commission initiated a public consultation to reform the European Union’s electricity market (European Commission 2023) on the heels of extremely high wholesale electricity prices in Europe in the last months and days of 2022.…

Felder, Frank

Marie Petitet

Extending the Reliability Framework for Electric Power Systems to Include Resiliency and Adaptability

Science Direct

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet

One Year After the Texas Blackout: Lessons for Reliable and Resilient Power Systems

Marie Petitet, Frank Felder, Khalid Alhadhrami

In February 2021, Texas experienced an extreme cold snap causing a dramatic electricity blackout that left millions of households without electricity, resulting in over 200 fatalities and economic damages of approximately $100 billion. The Texas blackout has been used to…

Marie Petitet

Felder, Frank

Alhadhrami, Khalid

Why is the EU Carbon Price at a Record €60 per Tonne?

Fateh Belaïd, Marie Petitet

Carbon prices soared above €60/tonne for the first time on August 30, 2021, with the expectation of tightened environmental legislation. These prices made a new record on the European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS), the European Union’s carbon market.…

Belaïd, Fateh

Marie Petitet

Renewables, Reliability and Efficiency in Electricity Markets

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet

The choice to use electricity markets to transition to an ultra-high renewable electricity sector depends on whether a high level of reliability and efficiency can be achieved. This study presents a reliability, resiliency and adaptability policy framework for a liberalized…

Felder, Frank

Marie Petitet

Why are European Wholesale Electricity Prices Soaring?

Marie Petitet, Fateh Belaïd

Since the beginning of summer 2021, European wholesale electricity prices have been soaring to historic highs. The average day-ahead price of electricity for central European countries more than doubled between June and September, reaching 170 euros per megawatthour (e/MWh) on…

Marie Petitet

Belaïd, Fateh